Gradebook
Most papers require marks to be entered in Moodle against each assessment item, including exams. This allows marks to be correctly transferred to MyWaikato, where students will view their final grades.
Note:
- Use IC (incomplete) for unattempted, compulsory assessments only.
How do I know if my gradebook is set up correctly?
Check that the following is true:
- There is a gradebook item for every assessment.
- You have at least one gradebook category.
- All gradebook items are inside a category.
- The weightings and calculations for items, categories, and the paper total are correct.
- The category weights add to 100.
Example gradebook
In the example gradebook below:
- Essays is a category, worth 30% of the paper total. It includes 2 Assessment items, each worth 15.
- Quizzes is a category, worth 15% of the paper total. It includes 4 quizzes, but students only have to do 3, or only their 3 best results are counted.
- Forum discussions is a category, worth 5% of the paper total. It includes one assessment item called Forum discussions rating.
- Final exam is a category, worth 50% of the paper total. It includes one assessment item called Final exam.
- Assessment for feedback is a category, worth 0%. It appears by default. You can delete it, or use it to hold formative assessments, or delete it and create your own formative assessment categories.
Note:
- If you are setting up your assessments and gradebook from scratch, we recommend using the paper setup wizards.
- If you are customising a gradebook, you can make changes directly in the gradebook. Go to your Moodle paper, select the Grades tab, then in the Grader report drop-down menu, select Gradebook setup. See Wizard 4: Review gradebook.
- If the raw grades are not adding up as expected for your students, you may need to check the maximum mark for each assessment, which is set to 100 by default.
- Paper Outlines now draw on information from the Moodle gradebook. Please check the Paper Outlines pages for category and assessment naming and other considerations during the introductory phase of the new Paper Outlines system.
- You are welcome to contact the Te Puna Ako eLearning designers to check your gradebook setup by submitting a request through the online self-service portal, Kuhukuhu. Or come to an Ask Me Anything Zoom drop-in session.
- These step-by-step instructions cover the most common questions people ask us about grading.
- See the Feedback Studio help pages for information on rubrics and on adding feedback to assignments.
- See also the Moodle Forums section for information on Grading forums.
- Please let us know if there are other instructions you would like.
- Grading Wizards
- Wizard 2: Create Gradebook Categories
- Wizard 3: Add Assessment Items
- Wizard 4: Review Grade book
- Create a gradebook category
- Release marks with workflow
- Release quiz marks
- Attach a Feedback File
- Enter marks for assignments
- Feedback Studio
- How to access Feedback Studio
- Rubric or Grading Form?
- Create a new rubric
- Create a new grading form
- Attach a rubric or grading form to an assignment
- Mark an assignment using a rubric
- Mark an assignment using a grading form
- Add a comment to an assignment
- Turn a comment into a Quickmark
- Import a new rubric from Excel
- Share a QuickMarks set
- Add audio comments
- Quiz manual grading
- View and grade Panopto assignments
- Add an IC to a paper
- Maximum mark for an assignment
- Administrators: sending marks to SITS
Moodle and Panopto are unavailable every Thursday 7:00 am – 7:30 am.